Description

Is it a salad or is it an appetizer? Who cares, it's delicious any way you serve it and is ready to eat in a jiffy.

Ingredients

• 3 large tomatoes, sliced
• 2 - 8 oz. each balls fresh mozzarella cheese
• 1=2/3 oz. pkg. fresh basil
• 1/4 c. balsamic vinegar
• 3/4 t. salt, divided
• 3/4 t. freshly ground black pepper, divided
• 1/4 c. extra virgin olive oil

Steps

1. Wash tomatoes. Trim off and discard a thin slice from tops and bottoms of each tomato to make flat surfaces. Cut each tomato into 4 slices.
2. Cut each mozzarella ball into 4 slices.
3. Remove 8 large leaves from basil sprigs; pick off top portion of 4 sprigs, for garnish. Coarsely chop remaining basil leaves.